Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former top-five professional tennis player from Sweden. He reached the final of the Australian Open in 1999, and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. In November 1999, he reached a career-high ranking of 4.
Tennis career
Throughout his career, Enqvist finished four seasons ranked inside the top 10 four and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had surgery on his right shoulder to repair a repetitive strain injury. Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some impressive victories, including wins over world no. 1 Pete Sampras, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Roddick.Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the most significant being ATP Masters Series titles at Paris, Stuttgart and both the singles and doubles titles in Cincinnati. In winning the Stuttgart Masters, he defeated four top 10 players, including world no. 1 Andre Agassi.
His best showing at a Grand Slam event was in 1999, when he beat Jan-Michael Gambill, Byron Black, Pat Rafter, Mark Philippoussis, Marc Rosset and Nicolás Lapentti before he lost the Australian Open final to Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia. He also reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2001 and at the 1996 Australian Open.
Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team. In 1998, he helped Sweden reach the finals of the Davis Cup for the fourth time in five years.
From 2017 to 2019, Enqvist was Captain of the Swedish Davis Cup team. He currently works as a commentator for Eurosport, Sweden.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Masters Series finals
Singles: 4 (3–1)
Career singles finals
Wins (19–7)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Win | 1. | Oct 1992 | Bolzano, Italy | Carpet | Arnaud Boetsch | 6–1, 1–6, 7–6 |
Win | 2. | Aug 1993 | Schenectady, U.S. | Hard | Brett Steven | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Win | 3. | Jan 1995 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Chuck Adams | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 4. | Feb 1995 | Philadelphia, U.S. | Carpet | Michael Chang | 0–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 5. | May 1995 | Pinehurst, U.S. | Clay | Javier Frana | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 1. | Aug 1995 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | Michael Stich | 7–6, 6–7, 2–6 |
Win | 6. | Aug 1995 | Indianapolis, U.S. | Hard | Bernd Karbacher | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 7. | Nov 1995 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard | Arnaud Boetsch | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 8. | Apr 1996 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Byron Black | 6–2, 7–6 |
Win | 9. | Nov 1996 | Paris, France | Carpet | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 10. | Nov 1996 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard | Todd Martin | 7–5, 6–4, 7–6 |
Win | 11. | Feb 1997 | Marseille, France | Hard | Marcelo Ríos | 6–4, 1–0, ret. |
Loss | 2. | Jul 1997 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | Jim Courier | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 12. | Feb 1998 | Marseille, France | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 3. | Mar 1998 | Philadelphia, U.S. | Hard | Pete Sampras | 5–7, 6–7 |
Win | 13. | May 1998 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Andre Agassi | 6–7, 7–6, 6–3 |
Win | 14. | Jan 1999 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 4. | Feb 1999 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–4, 0–6, 3–6, 6–7 |
Win | 15. | Nov 1999 | Stuttgart Indoor, Germany | Hard | Richard Krajicek | 6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 |
Win | 16. | Nov 1999 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard | Magnus Gustafsson | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 5. | Jan 2000 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 6. | Mar 2000 | Indian Wells, U.S. | Hard | Àlex Corretja | 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 17. | Jul 2000 | Cincinnati, U.S. | Hard | Tim Henman | 7–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 7. | Aug 2000 | Long Island, U.S. | Hard | Magnus Norman | 3–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Win | 18. | Oct 2000 | Basel, Switzerland | Carpet | Roger Federer | 6–2, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6, 6–1 |
Win | 19. | Feb 2002 | Marseille, France | Hard | Nicolas Escudé | 6–7, 6–3, 6–1 |
Singles performance timeline
A = did not participate in the tournamentLQ = lost in the qualifying draw